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@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ This information includes:
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+
| ``platforms`` | a list of platforms | list of strings | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+
+| ``license`` | license for the package | short string | \(6) |
++----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+
Notes:
@@ -582,6 +584,13 @@ Notes:
versions prior to 2.2.3 or 2.3. The list is available from the `PyPI website
<http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.
+(6)
+ The ``license`` field is a text indicating the license covering the
+ package where the license is not a selection from the "License" Trove
+ classifiers. See the ``Classifier`` field. Notice that
+ there's a ``licence`` distribution option which is deprecated but still
+ acts as an alias for ``license``.
+
'short string'
A single line of text, not more than 200 characters.